Post office not as fast as it was 64 years ago

DEAR EDITOR:

In the winter of 1956-57, I was living and working in London with three close friends. All of us were from Penticton. If I received a letter from my parents on, say, a Monday, I would answer it the same day. They would have my letter by Wednesday or Thursday and a reply would be back to me by Monday or Tuesday of the next week.

That would be eight or nine days for letters to go from London to Penticton to London.

On Monday, Jan 4 this year, I sent an Express Post envelope to Nanaimo. The person at the local postal outlet assured me it would be at its destination by Wednesday.

The cost was $15 and it arrived the next Monday — a week later.

With the present state of the world, this is a very minor problem, but I’m just amazed at the 64 years of progress in the postal service.

Diane Davies, Kelowna